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How to Build with Sponge Scourers
We are presenting a pack of sponge scourers! It could be one the most fun open-ended toy a child can borrow from the kitchen It is compatible with any other toys as well as other household items to combine in an incredible imaginative...
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Science Experiment: How Clouds Hold Water
Max is learning the very basic concept of how clouds hold water and when they become too heavy it starts to rain, while practising fine motor skills and eye–hand coordination. For this activity we used clear water, shaving foam and...
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Science Experiment: Hot and Cold Air
Heating up the air inside a plastic bottle with hot water and then cooling it down with cold to see how balloon reacts.
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DIY Halloween Craft: Ghost on Hovercraft
Meet our new spooky friend for coming Halloween. I glued a sports cap to the center of CD, closed the pop-top and fitted the neck of the balloon over the moving part of the cap. When I am ready to let my ghost to hover, I put it on a...
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Gel Balls Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
If clear gel balls are submerged in water, you cannot see them. It is how Alex did his trick in the previous video and it is what makes this activity so fun for Max.
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Scissors Activity: Haircuts
This is simple and fun cutting activity for preschoolers or toddlers. Using scissors a child can make different haircuts.
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Science Experiments for Understanding Density
We are observing the different densities of the liquids (coloured water, honey and oil) versus the different densities of the objects (marble, grape, legobrick and foam cube).
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Science Experiment: Water and Plastic Bottles
Experimenting with plastic bottles, straws and water
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Science Experiment: Spinning Balloon
If you have a balloon and a straw at home, you can make this fun spinning balloon.
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DIY Craft: Paper Snowflake
Here is an answer to childrens' wishes for a snowy day if you don't see any show through your window. Alex happily cut dozens of paper snowflakes. Each paper snowflake was beautiful and unique as a real one.
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How to Make a Toy Using a Plastic Bottle, Magnet and Steel Balls
I was wondering if Alex finds a way to play with a plastic bottle filled with steel balls and with a strong magnet attached to it. He did have a few ideas! Some kids are just easily entertained!
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How to Make a Catapult with Popsicle Sticks
Today we made easy-to-make catapults from popsicle sticks and rubber bands for hours of fun. When I showed this catapult to Max for the first time he was very excited to play with it as it looked like an aeroplane. He was a bit...
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How to Make a Pythagoras Cup
This experiment shows how Pythagoras Cup works. A long time ago Pythagoras made this cup (also known as a Greedy Cup), that empties itself if too much drink is poured.
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How to Make a Balance Scale
Why not to start a solid foundation in physics in a single afternoon activity learning to balance counterweights? DIY tutorial for making scale using hanger and plastic bottles.
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How to Introduce Angles to Kids
We are getting to know angles with this quirky activity. I love how Alex's face lights up when he sees that a number of angles in each digit corresponds to its value.
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Hammering Activity for Preschoolers
What child doesn't like to bash things with a hammer? So I made a surprise activity for Max this morning and he loved it. I used a piece of foam packaging from last night delivery, wooden sticks and a toy hammer.
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DIY Halloween Craft: Masking Tape Mummy
Another fun Halloween activity with masking tape. It looks like our Mummy was a gingerbread man before.
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Science Experiment: Funnels
This is fun funnel experiment that proves that an empty bottle isn't, in fact, empty and to fill it with water we need to make sure that air can escape. If a funnel is properly sealed to a bottle and a lot of water is poured into it at...
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Math Activity for Preschoolers: Addition and Subtraction Matching
You'll need pegs, marker and paper to make this activity.
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Art Activity: Spinning Top with Marker and CD
We have made a spinning top from a marker and an CD for this art project. Science lovers will appreciate how we can actually track the motion of the spinning tops.
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Making a Number Ordering Game
Another creative way to use straws in a fun ordering number game.
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Oral Motor Exercise: Pom Pom Launcher
It is always fun to throw pom poms around the room, but here is a way to blend that fun with an oral-motor workout.
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Number Matching Activity for Toddlers
This fun matching activity can be easily adapted to any child. Max continues matching numbers with dots.
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DIY Craft: Straw Rocket Launcher
Check out this fun ready-to-zoom-into-space DIY toy that we made.